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by Keith S » Mon Nov 24, 2014 5:59 pm
I have some of those- they look quite nice and the advantage is that if your loco and wagons have lamp irons, you can put the lamps anywhere you like just like the real thing. They glow softly and look quite realistic, at least what I imagine an oil lantern might have looked like on a train, anyway.
The only thing I don't like about them is that the batteries don't last very long, enough for a couple of night running sessions maybe. It's possible to replace the batteries, but I only succeeded in doing this on one of my lanterns, the others I bu&&ered up the insides taking them apart, the bits inside are so small. I'm thinking of writing to chuffed2bits and asking for some more innards so I can repair them.
Also the website at the moment has a note that they are waiting for castings, so if you order some you might be in for a bit of a wait.
They are nice though.